Minnesota Republican Michele Bachmann, a U.S. representative, emailed this statement from her congressional office about bin Laden’s death:

“I want to express my deepest gratitude to the men and women of the U.S. military and intelligence community.

Their persistence and dedicated service has yielded success in a mission that has gripped our nation since the terrible events of 9/11.

Tonight’s news does not bring back the lives of the thousands of innocent people who were killed that day by Osama bin Laden’s horrific plan, and it does not end the threat posed by terrorists, but it is my hope that this is the beginning of the end of Sharia-compliant terrorism.”